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Peter Finch, a retired chartered engineer from Berkhamsted, reviews The Times

The front page pointed without sensationalism to the three main stories of the day and these were supported inside by balanced reporting and critical analysis. The search for April Jones was factual and without undue emotion. Ed Miliband’s speech was reported fairly and then subjected to forensic scrutiny in the leader and elsewhere which helped the disinterested, apolitical reader (me) to judge the weight I should give it.

Daniel Finkelstein, like Matthew Parris on Saturday, reminded us not to attach much significance to the words used by politicians at their party conferences but to judge them by their deeds. This